Poignant poppies help remember the sacrifice

SWANSEA is set to turn open spaces, gardens, parks and school playing fields into a sea of poppies to commemorate the outbreak of World War 1. Families, school-children and local communities will have ...

WW1 – ‘Wales for Peace’ project

Over the next four years, the nation will join in commemorating the First World War. The impact of the War on communities and families was devastating. How were our communities affected, and how have ...

Gregynog Festival 2014: War

www.gregynogfestival.org Gregynog Festival, the oldest extant classical music festival in Wales, is curated each year on a theme drawn from the cultural heritage of Gregynog and of Wales. The 2014 sea ...

Events within Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Cemeteries and Memorials

2014 marks the start of the First World War centenary, as well as the 70th anniversary of a number of major Second World War engagements. As a result, many commemorative events are being planned wor ...